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Roundup: US-recruited Iraqi police more frequently targeted in Iraq

Roundup: US-recruited Iraqi police more frequently targeted in Iraq

by Li Jizhi

BAGHDAD, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi police force, trained and recruited by the US-led coalition, has been more frequently targeted in this conflict-ridden country.

A suspected suicide car bomber detonated explosives outside a police station in Mosul, the third largest Iraqi city, on Saturday, killing nine policemen and civilians and injuring dozens of others.

The powerful explosion occurred before midday when crowds of policemen were gathering at the compound collecting their salaries.

A Hong Kong-based Chinese television station reported another bomb attack on Saturday at a police officer in Baghdad, ...

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